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Hyderabad: Stuart Clark did the spadework and David Warner then set the tone of the chase as New South Wales crushed Somerset by six wickets with 8.1 overs to spare to book a semi-final berth in the Champions League on Sunday.
Clark (3/15) and his bowling colleagues first restricted Somerset to an unflattering 111/7 and Warner (40 off 16 balls) then came down hard on the English side as NSW cruised to 112 in 11.5 overs, losing four wickets and recording a thumping victory that earned them a semi-final berth.
Chasing the modest target, the Australian team was off to a flying start with Warner cracking six boundaries and two huge sixers during his brief stay as the first five overs yielded 57 runs.
NSW suffered the first loss when Warner, who started on an attacking note by hitting two fours off Charl Willoughby (1/30) in the opening over, fell to Omari Banks (1/28) in the fifth over. .
Earlier, NSW captain Simon Katich won toss and elected to field, Australia and New South Wales Blues' pacer Man of the match Stuart Clark mowed down the Somerset top order with three early wickets as New South Wales' disciplined bowling unit restricted the English side to an unflattering 111 for 7 in the Champions League on Sunday.
Clark, who extracted sharp bounce from track at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, inflicted the early blows on Somerset by removing both the openers Craig Kieswetter (13) and Justin Langer (5) in the fifth over of the League B tie.
Before the British could recover from the twin loss, Clark again rocked them by returning James Hildreth (6) in the seventh over, leaving Somerset struggling at 39 for 3.
Somerset, after suffering those early jolts, kept losing wickets at regular intervals as spinner Nathan Hauritz (1/14) and Lee also soon joined the party.
Hauritz got rid of Peter Trego (3), while Lee removed Omari Banks (15) after the batsman had dragged a rising delivery onto his stumps.
Zander de Bruyn (23) waged a solitary battle against the rampaging NSW bowlers, but just when he was looking dangerous, young pacer Moises Henriques' (1/20) incoming delivery pegged back his stumps.
It was surprising to see Wes Durston (20 not out), who had slammed a sterling fifty against Diamond Eagles to come down at number eight and the right-hander played an unbeaten 13-ball cameo to help Somerset cross the 100-mark.
Brief score
Somerset: 111 for 7 (Clark 3-15)
New South Wales: 112 for 4 (Warner 40)
Result: NSW won by six wickets
MOM: Stuart Clark (New South Wales)
